Kev tsim kho tsim ua ntawm ib txoj kab pib los ntawm ob lwm lub tsev qiv ntawv hauv Sn libraryhetta hauv North America: rau North Carolina State Universities hauv Raleigh thiab Ryerson hauv Toronto. Lub tswv yim ntawm cov ua qauv vaj tse yog tias nyob rau peb lub hnub nyoog ntawm kev nthuav dav ntawm hluav taws xob xov xwm, wireless tes hauj lwm, online archives, thiab lwm yam. lub tsev qiv ntawv yuav tsum dhau los ua lub chaw khaws ntaub ntawv thiab ntawv xov xwm. Nrog rau muab kev nkag mus rau cov peev txheej, nws tau tsim los ua qhov chaw rau kev sib koom ua ke, kev sib tham tsis npaj sijhawm thiab kev sib txuas lus uas pab tsim cov tswv yim thiab txhawb kev tshawb fawb. Yog li ntawd, thaj chaw rau kev nyeem ntawv kom zoo thiab tshawb fawb ua hauj lwm ib sab nrog rau cov chaw uas tsis muaj qhov ntsiag to.
Raws li hauv Raleigh, Philadelphia Lub Tsev Qiv Ntawv yuav siv Lub Txheej Txheem Tsis Siv Neeg Phau Ntawv Tshaj Lij Tshaj Tawm (ASRS), uas ua rau lub neej yooj yim rau cov nyeem thiab kuj tseem txuag tau qhov chaw tsis muaj lwm qhov los ntawm kev khaws cia. Xws li hauv Raleigh thiab Toronto, chav nyeem ntawv ci ntsa iab tau tsim rau hauv chav tsev sab saud lub Tuam Tsev Qiv Siab nrog kev pom ntawm thaj chaw ib puag ncig. Hauv qhov no, qhov no yog ib qho ntawm chav "nyob ntsiag to", thiab tseem muaj chav nyob hauv tsev nkag mus nkaum.
Tawm sab nraud, lub tsev yuav ntsib nrog pob zeb, uas yuav haum nws mus rau hauv cov ntsiab lus ntawm tsev kawm qib siab. Cov qhov rooj yuav raug muab nthuav qhia los ntawm cov ntoo loj "arches" thiab ci ntsa iab. Tsis tas li, lub atrium sheathing nrog qhov siab ntawm 3 plag tsev yuav ua cov ntoo. Nws yuav xaus nrog hom vias nrog oculus, los ntawm kev saib pom qhib rau lwm qhov chaw ntawm lub tsev qiv ntawv.
Chaw tos txais, café, nruab nrab atrium thiab 24-teev nkag mus los (nkag tau yam tsis muaj daim npav qiv ntawv) yog tsis qhib rau cov tub ntxhais kawm nkaus xwb, tab sis kuj rau cov neeg nyob ntawm thaj chaw ze ntawm lub tsev kawm ntawv.
